Irish companies queried on software supplies to US military

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday April 02, 2003 15:57 by kokomero

In the papers 31 March By Sylvia Leatham Iona, SkillSoft (NASDAQ: SKIL - news) , ParthusCeva (NASDAQ: PCVA - news) face government questions on software supplied to US military The Irish Independent reports that SkillSoft, Iona Technologies (Dublin: IONA.I - news) and ParthusCeva have each received letters from the government seeking clarification as to which export licences they are using to supply software to the US military. Companies are required by law to have military or "dual use" licences from the government for the supply of military products. A spokeswoman for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed that correspondence between it and the three companies is "ongoing".